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45 wiersze
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November 27, 1995
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Dear Friend:
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What kind of people benefit by your contribution to Pleasant Run
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Children's Homes?
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Little ones, like Baby Jessica, caught in the struggle between
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adoptive and birth parents. Older kids, like Tracy and Kerry, left
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homeless after a recent murder-suicide in Indianapolis claimed Mom and
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Dad. Young adults, like Mary T., a jobless mother of three, trying
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desperately to keep her kids out of trouble in a crime-ridden
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neighborhood. Real people!
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There are thousands more. Families are being torn apart, and too
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often, children are the victims. Kids like Tommie J., made a ward of the
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court because of repeated beatings by an alcoholic father; Alice, sent to
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a group home to get help because of severe behavior disorders; and John
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H., a recovering alcoholic, rebuilding a relationships with his family so
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they can live together again.
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Pleasant Run Children's Homes began serving children nearly 130 years
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ago. Then the task was to help children who lost parents in the Civil
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War. Today, we serve children and families with a multitude of problems:
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emotional, physical, psychological and sexual abuse. Some come from
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families where, through therapy, there is hope for reunification. For
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others, "families" are the counselors are housemates at the group homes
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where they live.
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The biggest tragedy is that the problems don't go away; they only
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grow. In 1994 Pleasant Run served 346 children and 125 families. In 1995
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we will serve over 850 children and 340 families. In 1996, these figures
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will triple. The children and families who come to Pleasant Run are given
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the opportunity to become happy, loving, and productive members of our
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society. They welcome the chance to belong, to become self- sufficient,
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to regain their self-esteem and confidence. Often it is a long, hard
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struggle, but the results are well worth it.
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For Pleasant Run to continue to serve abused and neglected children
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and their families, we need your support. The Funding sources are
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shrinking, but the needs grow explosively. Please "help good kids get
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better" by sending us a contribution today. Your gift will give children
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and families hope for improved tomorrows.
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Sincerely,
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Mary Roth
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